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NBMG Sample Location 129

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046457
MRDS ID M241622
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Location 129
Alternate or previous names Aztec Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33222, 37.6408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 068E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization, Propylitization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 129 CONTAINS 2000 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 20000 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33222, 37.6408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Or Bedding Surfaces

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS A 30-40 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH HEADFRAME. SHAFT IS IN GOOD CONDITION. WITH LADDER. SHALLOW PROSPECTS AND TRENCHES ARE LOCATED NEARBY ALONG FAULT ZONE TO NW AND SE OF SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983 - NONE PREVIOUSLY FOR A LONG TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, P. AND SMITH, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 19, 1983

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 174-175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE IS MARKED BY CU AND MINOR FE OXIDES. WEST AND EAST OF THE SHAFT, SHALLOW PROSPECTS EXPOSE PROPYLLITIZED ANDESITES WHICH HAVE FRACTURE OR FLOW-BEDDING SURFACES STRIKING N 10 W, 45E. A SMALL PROSPECT ABOUT 15 FT NW OF SHAFT EXPOSES AN OUTCROP OF FRACTURED ANDALTERED DACITE AND ANDESITE. FRACTURE SURFACES ARE COATED WITH MALACHITE, EPIDOTE, AND MINOR FE AND MN OXIDES. SAMPLE 129 COLLECTED FROM THE SHAFT DUMP CONSISTS OF MALACHITE-COATED, SILICIFIED, MAFIC INTRUSIVE (?) ROCK AND DENSE MINERALIZED SKARN COMPOSED OF EPIDOTE, RED GARNET (?) WITH POPS OF COARSE SIDERITE AND GLASSY QUARTZ AND ABUNDANT COPPER MINERALS. THE SAMPLE IS COATED BY FE OXIDES, CU OXIDES, CLAYS, AND WHITE POWDERY CALCITE. FINELY DISSEMINATED, OXIDIZED SULFIDES WERE OBSERVED IN ADDITION TO OXIDIZED CLOTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE OR CHALCOCITE (?). SOME SPECULARITE ALSO NOTED. MINERALIZED VEIN MATERIAL IS QUITE HEAVY. POSSIBLY MINOR GALENA ALSO PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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